Sierra DeMulder – How to Change the Pronouns in Your Love Poems

Performed at the Albany Barn in Albany, NY

“You will tell everyone you are jealous. You will lie and say of her.”

Don’t miss this poem from Sierra DeMulder, performing at the Albany Barn in Albany, NY

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Best of Button – Week 11

““Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to, and love leaves exactly when love must.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Rudy Francisco,Cameron Dada, Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, and Sam Sax! Congrats Poets!

Come back each week to see our newest and most popular videos.

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Darius Simpson – Etymology of Fuck 12

Performed at the Button Studio

“Rebellion is the most natural form of self-defense”

Don’t miss this poem from Darius Simpson, performing at the Button Studio

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Cameron Dada – Your Little Box

Performed at The Town Hall in New York, NY

“Existing black cannot be described as a box. There are no limits to what we can do. There are no limits to who we can become.”

Don’t miss this poem from Cameron Dada, performing at The Town Hall in New York, NY

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Rudy Francisco – Seventeen

Performed

“We are blurry silhouettes against the backdrop of everything popular, often wearing our skin like a costume of someone we didn’t feel comfortable pretending to be anyways.”

Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing

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Ayanna Albertson – Lineage

Performed at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

“We are a lineage of lost childhoods and stolen innocence, how we never talk about it even though we know it exists.”

Don’t miss this poem from Ayanna Albertson, performing at the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam in Baltimore, MD

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Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre – When It Really Is Just The Wind And Not A Furious Vexation

Performed at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

“Survival is not a fortress, it is a garden.”

Don’t miss this poem from Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN

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Adam Falkner – The Whitest Thing

Performed his poem “The Whitest Thing”

“You are sure there are good parts about having white skin, too, even if you can’t see them yet. No one asks you where you came from or how you got here.”

Don’t miss this poem from Adam Falkner, performing his poem “The Whitest Thing”

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Best of Button – Week 10

“Don’t we all need a little editing? Aren’t we all waiting to be read by someone, praying they will tell us that we make sense?”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist. Today’s additions: Sarah Kay, Diamond Mason, Darius Simpson, Scout Bostley, Rudy Francisco, and Sierra DeMulder! Congrats Poets!

Come back each week to see our newest and most popular videos.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Matt Coonan!

Andrea Gibson – Bad at Love

Performed in Longmont, CO

“Understanding why we’re bad at love doesn’t necessarily make us good at it.”

Don’t miss this poem from Andrea Gibson, performing in Longmont, CO

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